Timeline for Why are launch escape towers jettisoned early?
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| Nov 6, 2018 at 3:56 | history | edited | DrSheldon |
added tag [launch-escape-system]
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| Aug 1, 2017 at 8:36 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackSpaceExp/status/892302940484096000 | ||
| Jul 31, 2017 at 22:11 | vote | accept | Jake Blocker | ||
| Jul 31, 2017 at 21:34 | comment | added | FKEinternet | They're dropped as soon as possible to minimize the propellant cost of carrying them any longer than that. Generally speaking, the reason for the escape rockets was to get the capsule high enough so the parachutes would have time to deploy properly. Once the flight had gotten high enough for the 'chutes to work, the escape rockets weren't needed any more. | |
| Jul 31, 2017 at 21:13 | answer | added | DylanSp | timeline score: 20 | |
| Jul 31, 2017 at 20:19 | history | asked | Jake Blocker | CC BY-SA 3.0 |